Sony unveils full-frame RX1 compact camera

Sony has announced the arrival of the Cyber-shot RX1, a compact camera with a full-frame sensor

Sony has announced the Cyber-shot RX1 camera, the first digital compact camera with a full-frame sensor and a fixed lens.

The RX1 boasts the same 24.3MP sensor that features in the A99 model – also announced today – in front of which sits a 35mm f/2 Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* optic.

On the inside, the model has an impressively broad standard ISO range of ISO 100-25,600 complemented by the option to extend this further to ISO 50 and ISO 102,400.

Full HD movie recording is also on hand, as is a 5fps burst shooting mode, all of which is made possible by the company’s Bionz processing engine.

Keen to meet the needs of an advanced target market, the new model sees a mode dial on its top plate joined by an exposure compensation dial, as well as a customisable button next to the shutter release button and both an integrated flash and hot shoe for external units.

The lens, meanwhile, sees three rings around its side: one for aperture control, one for manual focus and a final one to switch between macro and standard focus. On the inside, Sony has equipped it with a nine-bladed diaphragm to facilitate circular bokeh, while also incorporating a type of aspherical lens into the optic dubbed ‘Advanced Aspherical’.

The RX1 will go on sale in December at around £2600. For more information visit www.sony.co.uk

Brian Tisley

this looks wonderful great lens
cant wait to see the photographs right size focal length

Dennis Yarham

Not Interchangeable lenses?

Colin Davis

Price! and does not even have a viewfinder!

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